Girl, 5, needed emergency surgery after being 'raped by paedo' branded ‘sick b******’ by lawyers

THIS is the face of the "sick b******" paedophile who allegedly raped a five-year-old girl so violently she needed emergency surgery.

Steven Sarandon Barnes, 28, chillingly smiles to reveal a set of rotting teeth in his police mugshot after his arrest in Birmingham, Alabama in the U.S.

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His alleged victim had to be rushed to hospital after the attack, which took place last Thursday, and needed emergency surgery at Children's Hospital, Birmingham.

She is now in a stable condition, but remains in hospital.

A DANGER TO SOCIETY

Prosecutor Randall Houston told the Montgomery Advertiser: "Anybody who would do this to a child is a complete and total danger to society and does not need to be roaming around the community where children are at large.

"This is one sick  b******rd who I hope never gets to see the light of day.

"We'll do everything we can to make that happen."

The worst case I have ever seen

Millbrook Police Chief, PK Johnson

He has since been charged with first-degree rape, chemical endangerment of a child and second-degree possession of marijuana.

Millbrook Police Chief, PK Johnson, called it the "worst case" he has ever seen in his 31-year career.

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He says he and his team are working closely with local prosecutors to build the "strongest case possible" against him.

He told AI.com: "Under no circumstances should a child ever be exposed to anything like this victim was."

Barnes has been held on a $106,000 bond ahead of his first court appearance.

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